Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst
And its the stuff of boxing legend. The glove that saved Muhammad Ali from defeat in a legendary match is about to go up for auction this month. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rain down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to a dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has r
Anyway, happy mean Girls Day to all who celebrate. Thanks to our panel, thanks to you. Joining us. Im Kasie Hunt cnn new central starts right now surprise at joint appearance. Kamala harris with a member of one of the Republican Partys most prominent families on republican sacred round. This as Melania Trump breaks from her husband on a key Campaign Issue and breaking overnight, israel strikes the heart of beirut, vowing their risk its spawns to the attack by iran will be very strong and poring over the new revelations from special Counsel Jack Smith in the January 6 case against Donald Trump when told Mike Pence was at risk, trump allegedly said, so what im Sara Sidner with john berman, Kate Bolduan is out today this is Cnn News Central celebrate breaking this morning, a Campaign Appearance that a few years ago would have been unimaginable cnn has learned that today, Liz Cheney will join Vice President harris on the campaign trail. As recently as 2021, cheney was the number three repu
You seem fairly comfortable talking about sex. I am very comfortable with it. I did include my own fantasy in the book. Any clues which one? it is just over 50 years since nancy friday published her groundbreaking book my secret garden, full of women s sexual fantasies. This book, want, is your selection, equally groundbreaking, from women who have written to you from all over the world. We have such a wide range of letters and all different kinds of fantasies from different women and cultures and sexual preferences and diverse backgrounds. Why don t you start by telling me how you feel when you think about having sex? your role in sex education was very much that: a role. You re not a psychologist, but you are, of course, an advocate for women, a supporter of lgbtq+ rights. I wonder how you tread the line between curation of the book and analysing the fantasies. I find it hard to read them and not think, who are they, what s going on in their lives? because they haven t revealed very